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 |
|---|---|
| inequity | injustice |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |