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 |
|---|---|
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| condign | deserved |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |