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 |
|---|---|
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| smelt | any 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 |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |