GRE Word List
INSALUBRIOUS
not conducive to health : unwholesome
The meaning of the word insalubrious is not conducive to health : unwholesome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |