GRE Word List
DOWSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word dowse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |