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 |
|---|---|
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| perdition | eternal damnation |