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 |
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| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |