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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |