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 |
|---|---|
| abbreviate | shorten |
| whimsy | whim; tendency to behave amusingly strangely; Ex. story full of whimsy |
| medium | element that is a creature's natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated; appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise; middle position between extremes; intervening substance through which something else is transmitted |
| nugatory | worthless; futile |
| fruitful | producing results; profitable; prolific; producing in abundance |
| disband | dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up and separate; Ex. The club has disbanded. |
| decipher | decode; CF. indecipherable |
| dregs | sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue |
| porous | full of pores; like a sieve |
| rotunda | circular building or hall covered with a dome |
