GRE Word List
DOUSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word douse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |