GRE Word List
PUERILE
juvenile
The meaning of the word puerile is juvenile.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |