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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|---|---|
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
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| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |