GRE Word List
SLUGGARD
a habitually lazy person
The meaning of the word sluggard is a habitually lazy person.
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| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |