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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WordMeaning
reproveto scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
physiognomythe art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
reverentexpressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful
bentunenclosed grassland
singularof or relating to a separate person or thing : individual
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
agogfull of intense interest or excitement : eager