GRE Word List
INSALUBRIOUS
not conducive to health : unwholesome
The meaning of the word insalubrious is not conducive to health : unwholesome.
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progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
environ | encircle |
amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
sleight | deceitful craftiness |