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 |
|---|---|
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| enhance | heighten |