GRE Word List
DOWSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word dowse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| distend | extend |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| raspy | harsh |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |