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 |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |