GRE Word List
PROMISCUOUS
having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners
The meaning of the word promiscuous is having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners.
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| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| reverie | daydream |
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| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
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