The warm room induced a feeling of somnolence.
温暖的房间引起了嗜睡的感觉。
In the context of the following sentence, what is the best synonym for “somnolence”? After the long lecture and a hearty lunch, he was overcome with somnolence.
C — Drowsiness. “somnolence” means n. sleepiness; drowsiness; lethargy
A heavy ______ crept over the students in the warm afternoon lecture.
C — somnolence. “somnolence” means n. sleepiness; drowsiness; lethargy
somnolence — n. sleepiness; drowsiness; lethargy. In Chinese: 嗜睡，困倦.
somnolence is pronounced /ˈsɒmnələns/. It breaks into 3 syllables: som · no · lence.
The warm room induced a feeling of somnolence. (温暖的房间引起了嗜睡的感觉。)
drowsiness, sleepiness, lethargy — all close in meaning to somnolence (n. sleepiness; drowsiness; lethargy).
Yes. somnolence appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 804 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
somn (sleep) + olence → sleepiness, somnolence.