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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fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
peremptoryputting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay
husbandrythe cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture
fosterhaving, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for
irreparablenot reparable : irremediable
discomposeto destroy the composure of
inherentinvolved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic
vertebrateany 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
inveterateconfirmed in a habit : habitual
penetrateto pass into or through