GRE Word List
PUERILE
juvenile
The meaning of the word puerile is juvenile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |