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 |
|---|---|
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| imprecation | curse |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |