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 |
|---|---|
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |