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 |
|---|---|
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |