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somnolence

nounCommon GRE wordMore S words

a sleepy, drowsy condition marked by a strong urge to sleep

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Somnolence in a sentence

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A wave of somnolence overtook her after the heavy lunch.

Synonyms
drowsinesssleepinesstorpor
Antonyms
wakefulnessalertness

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Reviewers noted that the novelist, once known for blank prose, had pared her sentences down until scarcely a superfluous word remained.

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Somnolence (noun) means a sleepy, drowsy condition marked by a strong urge to sleep
Here is somnolence used in an example sentence: "A wave of somnolence overtook her after the heavy lunch."
Common synonyms for somnolence include drowsiness, sleepiness, torpor.
Antonyms of somnolence include wakefulness, alertness.
Somnolence is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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