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 |
|---|---|
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| equestrian | of, relating to, or featuring horseback riding |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |