GRE Word List

WAKE

to be or remain awake

The meaning of the word wake is to be or remain awake.

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WordMeaning
tensilecapable of tension : ductile
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
catastrophea momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin
insomniaprolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
unassailablenot assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question
outlawa person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law
overblownpast the prime of bloom
mannerismexaggerated or affected (see affected
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned