GRE Word List
AMOROUS
strongly moved by love and especially sexual love
The meaning of the word amorous is strongly moved by love and especially sexual love.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| replicate | duplicate |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |