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 |
|---|---|
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |