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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| gazette | newspaper |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| polity | political organization |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |