GRE Word List

DINGY

dirty

The meaning of the word dingy is dirty.

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resilientcharacterized or marked by resilience: such as
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
invulnerableincapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
knavea tricky deceitful fellow
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
chameleonany of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal
noncommittalgiving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
symmetrybalanced proportions
fermentationthe enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity
careento put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull