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 |
|---|---|
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |