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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| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| postulate | demand |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |