GRE Word List
SQUALOR
the quality or state of being squalid
The meaning of the word squalor is the quality or state of being squalid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |