GRE Word List
DALLY
to act playfully
The meaning of the word dally is to act playfully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| spate | freshet |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |