GRE Word List
SALACIOUS
arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
The meaning of the word salacious is arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |