GRE Word List
HOVEL
an open shed or shelter
The meaning of the word hovel is an open shed or shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| comestible | edible |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |