GRE Word List
TAWDRY
cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality
The meaning of the word tawdry is cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |