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 |
|---|---|
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| welter | writhe |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |