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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| random | a haphazard course |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| viable | capable of living |
| pliant | pliable |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |