GRE Word List
LICENTIOUS
lacking legal or moral restraints
The meaning of the word licentious is lacking legal or moral restraints.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |