GRE Word List
DINGY
dirty
The meaning of the word dingy is dirty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catholic | roman catholic |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| wry | twist |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| denomination | an act of denominating |