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 |
|---|---|
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |