GRE Word List
CARNAL
relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
The meaning of the word carnal is relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| 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 |
| imprecation | curse |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |