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 |
|---|---|
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| duration | continuance in time |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
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| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |