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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| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
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| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
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