GRE Word List
PUERILE
juvenile
The meaning of the word puerile is juvenile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| enduring | lasting |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |