GRE Word List
DINGY
dirty
The meaning of the word dingy is dirty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |