GRE Word List
PUERILE
juvenile
The meaning of the word puerile is juvenile.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| inadvertently | unintentional |