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 |
|---|---|
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |