GRE Word List
SOPORIFIC
causing or tending to cause sleep
The meaning of the word soporific is causing or tending to cause sleep.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |