GRE Word List

DAWDLE

to spend time idly

The meaning of the word dawdle is to spend time idly.

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heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma
sensualrelating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly
sheatheto put into or furnish with a sheath
idolatrythe worship of a physical object as a god
demagoguea leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
conventionalformed by agreement or compact
evasivetending or intended to evade : equivocal
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
amissin a mistaken way : wrongly