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 |
|---|---|
| paradigm | example |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| hortatory | hortative |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |