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 |
|---|---|
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
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| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |