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.

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WordMeaning
marginalwritten or printed in the margin of a page or sheet
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
fulsomecharacterized by abundance : copious
touchingcapable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
accoutreto provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
tenurethe act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis