GRE Word List
DOWSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word dowse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |