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 |
|---|---|
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |