GRE Word List
SENSUOUS
giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin
The meaning of the word sensuous is giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| yokel | rustic; country bumpkin; |
| ebb | (of the tide) recede; lessen; diminish; N. OP. flow: rise of tide |
| dazzle | make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder |
| chaff | worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff |
| vise | vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device |
| sacrilegious | desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration, misuse, or theft of something sacred |
| guise | outward appearance; costume; Ex. in a new guise |
| magnanimity | generosity; ADJ. magnanimous: generous |
| bludgeon | club; heavy-headed weapon; V. |
| polar | of a pole; characterized by opposite extremes; Ex. polar opposites |
