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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| chafe | irritate |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |