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
revelrynoisy partying or merrymaking
rarefiedbeing less dense
parochialof or relating to a church parish
slackento make less active : slow up
phariseea 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
fathomlessincapable of being fathomed : immeasurable
omnivorousfeeding on both animal and vegetable substances
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
crotchetygiven to crotchets (see crotchet
irksometending to irk : tedious