GRE Word List
BAWDY
boisterously or humorously indecent
The meaning of the word bawdy is boisterously or humorously indecent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |