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 |
|---|---|
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |