GRE Word List
BOWDLERIZE
to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
The meaning of the word bowdlerize is to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |