GRE Word List
BAWDY
boisterously or humorously indecent
The meaning of the word bawdy is boisterously or humorously indecent.
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| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| haven | harbor |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
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