GRE Word List
DUBIOUS
questionable; (of something) causing doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N. dubiety
The meaning of the word dubious is questionable; (of something) causing doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N. dubiety.
Random words
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prescience | ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient |
deputize | work or appoint as a deputy; N. deputy: person who has the power to take charge when the leading person is away |
buxom | full-bosomed; plump; jolly |
uxorious | excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife |
irretrievable | impossible to recover or regain; CF. retrieve |
rectify | set right; correct; CF. rect-: right |
inconsistency | state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness; ADJ. inconsistent: displaying a lack of consistency; erratic; contradictory; incompatible |
vitriolic | causing sharp pain to the mind; caustic; corrosive; sarcastic; of vitriol; N. vitriol: sulphuric acid (which burns flesh deeply); bitterly abusive expression; caustic expression; CF. glass |
incur | bring upon oneself |
frugality | thrift; economy; ADJ. frugal: practicing economy; costing little; inexpensive |