GRE Word List
ABODE
the place where one lives : home
The meaning of the word abode is the place where one lives : home.
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| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
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| portly | dignified |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
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| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |