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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temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
fronda large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions
congealto change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
jeopardizeto expose to danger or risk : imperil
residuesomething that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant
embraceto clasp in the arms : hug
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ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
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