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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hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
hirsute | hairy |
selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |