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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WordMeaning
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
aspirantone who aspires
placateto soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease
comeuppancea deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
repudiateto refuse to accept
inklinga slight knowledge or vague notion
condolegrieve
rifeprevalent especially to an increasing degree
smeltany of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste
aureolea radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage