GRE Word List
DAWDLE
to spend time idly
The meaning of the word dawdle is to spend time idly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| unfrock | defrock |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |