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
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
absolutefree from imperfection : perfect
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
criteriaa standard on which a judgment or decision may be based
scrapsfragments of discarded or leftover food
timorousof a timid disposition : fearful
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
darta light spear
stemthe main trunk of a plant
vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction