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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deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
petulantinsolent or rude in speech or behavior
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
reprisala retaliatory act
littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger
inquisitorone who inquires or makes inquisition
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
slitherto slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface
astutehaving or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever