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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| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| categorical | absolute |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |