GRE Word List
DOWSE
to plunge into water
The meaning of the word dowse is to plunge into water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |