GRE Word List
SOMNOLENT
of a kind likely to induce sleep
The meaning of the word somnolent is of a kind likely to induce sleep.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retrench | cut down |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| connoisseur | expert |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| stringent | tight |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| billow | wave |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |