GRE Word List
DAWDLE
to spend time idly
The meaning of the word dawdle is to spend time idly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |