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.
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| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
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| affected | artificial; pretended |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
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