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 |
|---|---|
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |