GRE Word List
DOUSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word douse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| maroon | a dark red |
| fell | skin |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |