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 |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| snivel | to run at the nose |