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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| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
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| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |