GRE Word List
HOVEL
an open shed or shelter
The meaning of the word hovel is an open shed or shelter.
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|---|---|
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| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
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| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |