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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dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
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ferventvery hot : glowing
titanichaving great magnitude, force, or power : colossal
turpitudeinherent baseness : depravity
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lacerationthe act of lacerating
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materialisma 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