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 |
|---|---|
| disport | sport |
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| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
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| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |