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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| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
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| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
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| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
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| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
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