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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WordMeaning
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
consternationamazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
exorbitantnot coming within the scope of the law
shoddya reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo
douseto plunge into water
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness
castrateto deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
stanchto check or stop the flowing of