GRE Word List
SENSUOUS
of or relating to the senses or sensible objects
The meaning of the word sensuous is of or relating to the senses or sensible objects.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |