GRE Word List
SONOROUS
producing sound (as when struck)
The meaning of the word sonorous is producing sound (as when struck).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |