GRE Word List

SLUGGARD

a habitually lazy person

The meaning of the word sluggard is a habitually lazy person.

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tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
spryable to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble
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posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
fleecethe coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep)
parochialof or relating to a church parish
annealto heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
impenitentnot penitent