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 |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
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