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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |