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 |
|---|---|
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |