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 |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| seemly | good-looking |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |