GRE Word List
HOMELY
suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home
The meaning of the word homely is suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |