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 |
|---|---|
| effete | no longer fertile |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |