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 |
|---|---|
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |