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 |
|---|---|
| medium | something in a middle position |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| concentric | having a common center |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| flighty | swift |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| warranted | sanction |