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 |
|---|---|
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| nomenclature | name |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |