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 |
|---|---|
| dull | tedious |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |