GRE Word List
UNKEMPT
not combed
The meaning of the word unkempt is not combed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| garnish | decorate |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |