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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| condole | grieve |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| 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 |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |