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 |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| verge | brink |