GRE Word List
DOUSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word douse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |