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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appease | pacify |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| fleck | streak |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |