GRE Word List
DOWSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word dowse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |