GRE Word List
PUERILE
juvenile
The meaning of the word puerile is juvenile.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| significant | having meaning |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |