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 |
|---|---|
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| abortive | prematurely born |