GRE Word List

DALLY

to act playfully

The meaning of the word dally is to act playfully.

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WordMeaning
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
assiduousshowing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
decelerateto reduce the speed of : slow down
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water
elucidateto make lucid especially by explanation or analysis
pejorativea word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation
ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness