GRE Word List
PUERILE
juvenile
The meaning of the word puerile is juvenile.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |