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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| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| fiend | devil |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |