GRE Word List
RIBALD
marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
The meaning of the word ribald is marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| apprehend | arrest |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| brawny | muscular |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| alleviate | relieve |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |