GRE Word List
LUST
usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness
The meaning of the word lust is usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness.
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| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
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