GRE Word List
SLEAZY
lacking firmness of texture : flimsy
The meaning of the word sleazy is lacking firmness of texture : flimsy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |