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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |