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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whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
didactic | designed or intended to teach |
benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
tawny | of the color tawny |
rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
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