GRE Word List
DOWSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word dowse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |