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 |
|---|---|
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |