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 |
|---|---|
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |