GRE Word List
PUERILE
juvenile
The meaning of the word puerile is juvenile.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| clown | farmer |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |