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 |
|---|---|
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| disport | sport |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |