GRE Word List
DOUSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word douse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |