GRE Word List
BAWDY
boisterously or humorously indecent
The meaning of the word bawdy is boisterously or humorously indecent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |