GRE Word List
DOWSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word dowse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| slew | a large number |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| pitfall | trap |