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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WordMeaning
cozento deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
pacifyto allay the anger or agitation of : soothe
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
reproachan expression of rebuke or disapproval
unrequitednot requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
amokan episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background