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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |