GRE Word List

DRAB

slattern

The meaning of the word drab is slattern.

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rabiesan acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated
imperialof, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor
disportsport
scrappyconsisting of scraps
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
ameliorateto make better or more tolerable
anthema song or hymn of praise or gladness
veritablebeing in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
extirpateto destroy completely : wipe out