GRE Word List
PUERILE
juvenile
The meaning of the word puerile is juvenile.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| provenance | origin |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |