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 |
|---|---|
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |