GRE Word List
SOPORIFIC
causing or tending to cause sleep
The meaning of the word soporific is causing or tending to cause sleep.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| paltry | inferior |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |