GRE Word List

SONOROUS

producing sound (as when struck)

The meaning of the word sonorous is producing sound (as when struck).

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WordMeaning
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
squabblea noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters
philologythe study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature
theocracygovernment of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
adjournto suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption
glowto shine with or as if with an intense heat
perditioneternal damnation
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints