GRE Word List
HOMESPUN
spun or made at home
The meaning of the word homespun is spun or made at home.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |