GRE Word List
DOUSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word douse is to plunge into water.
Random words
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| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| welter | writhe |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |