GRE Word List
SLOVENLY
untidy especially in personal appearance
The meaning of the word slovenly is untidy especially in personal appearance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |