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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |