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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| expatriate | banish |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |