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 |
|---|---|
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |