GRE Word List
DOUSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word douse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |