GRE Word List
PUERILE
juvenile
The meaning of the word puerile is juvenile.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |