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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WordMeaning
cantankerousdifficult or irritating to deal with
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
parchmentthe skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
surmisea thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture
bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
boostto push or shove up from below
titlethe distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production