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Word: puerile

Definition: childish; immature; CF. puer: boy


More Vocab Words

::: indulge - yield to; gratify; allow oneself a special pleasure; Ex. indulge one's every whim/a child/in a big cigarette; N. indulgence
::: profligate - wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy
::: relapse - return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N.
::: indigence - poverty
::: addendum - addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)
::: plethora - excess; overabundance; Ex. a plethora of excuses
::: nauseate - cause to become sick; fill with disgust; fill nausea
::: effective - effectual; producing a strong response; striking; in operation; in effect; Ex. effective speech/photograph
::: dawdle - loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing
::: hermitage - home of a hermit