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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| natal | native |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| ensconce | shelter |