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 |
|---|---|
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| abnegation | denial |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |