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 |
|---|---|
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |