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 |
|---|---|
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| dominate | rule |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |