GRE Word List
DAWDLE
to spend time idly
The meaning of the word dawdle is to spend time idly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| vendetta | blood feud |