GRE Word List
DOWSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word dowse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |