GRE Word List
DOWSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word dowse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| circlet | a little circle |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |