GRE Word List
TORPOR
a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
The meaning of the word torpor is a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| raiment | clothing |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |