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 |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| circlet | a little circle |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| conscientious | meticulous |