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 |
|---|---|
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| irate | roused to ire |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| tyranny | oppressive power |