Skip to content
GREMockTests
GRE vocabulary

lull

nounCommon GRE wordMore L words

a temporary period of calm, quiet, or reduced activity

Test your vocabulary in a real test Full-length · no signup · instant score
In a sentence

Lull in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing lull in a sentence.

Shoppers crowded back into the square during the brief lull between two passing rainstorms.

Synonyms
pauserespiteintervalcalm
Antonyms
surgeflurryuproar
Common questions

Questions about “lull

Lull (noun) means a temporary period of calm, quiet, or reduced activity
Here is lull used in an example sentence: "Shoppers crowded back into the square during the brief lull between two passing rainstorms."
Common synonyms for lull include pause, respite, interval, calm.
Antonyms of lull include surge, flurry, uproar.
Lull is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

See these words the way the GRE tests them.

Definitions in isolation do not stick. Sit a free, full-length GRE mock and meet this vocabulary inside real text completion and sentence equivalence questions, with your score and a worked solution for every answer.