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 |
|---|---|
| descry | to catch sight of |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |