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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vernacularusing a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
annotateto make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment
smudgeto make a smudge on
sanctimonioushypocritically pious or devout
maxima general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct
opportunesuitable or convenient for a particular occurrence
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flusterto put into a state of agitated confusion : upset
marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil