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 |
|---|---|
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| dingy | dirty |
| pundit | pandit |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |