GRE Word List
BAWDY
boisterously or humorously indecent
The meaning of the word bawdy is boisterously or humorously indecent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |