GRE Word List
DAWDLE
to spend time idly
The meaning of the word dawdle is to spend time idly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
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| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
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| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
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| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
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