GRE Word List
DAWDLE
loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing
The meaning of the word dawdle is loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rebate | return of part of a payment; discount; V. |
| drone | talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; N. |
| decipher | decode; CF. indecipherable |
| boost | lift by pushing up from below; increase; raise; N: push upward; increase |
| feign | pretend |
| provocative | arousing anger or sexual interest; annoying; Ex. provocative in tight jeans; V. provoke: incite to anger; cause (an unpleasant action or feeling); N. provocation |
| slur | pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble |
| impale | pierce (with a sharp point); Ex. impaled by the spear |
| sartorial | pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor |
| swamp | wetland; marsh; V: flood; overwhelm; drench in with liquid |
