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 |
|---|---|
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
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| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
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| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |