GRE Word List
DOWDY
not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
The meaning of the word dowdy is not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |