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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| retrench | cut down |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |