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 |
|---|---|
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |