GRE Word List
DOWSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word dowse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| fiend | devil |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |