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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|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
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| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
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| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
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