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 |
|---|---|
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| niggle | trifle |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |