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 |
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| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
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