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 |
|---|---|
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |