GRE Word List
PUERILE
juvenile
The meaning of the word puerile is juvenile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scion | descendant |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| provenance | origin |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |