GRE Word List
BAWDY
boisterously or humorously indecent
The meaning of the word bawdy is boisterously or humorously indecent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |