GRE Word List
SLOVENLY
untidy especially in personal appearance
The meaning of the word slovenly is untidy especially in personal appearance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |