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 |
|---|---|
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |