GRE Word List
DINGY
dirty
The meaning of the word dingy is dirty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |