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
obfuscateto throw into shadow : darken
ramparta protective barrier : bulwark
promiscuoushaving or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners
hurtleto move rapidly or forcefully
irateroused to ire
promontorya high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
severto put or keep apart : divide
gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light