GRE Word List
DOWSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word dowse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |