GRE Word List
PRUDE
a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
The meaning of the word prude is a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
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| expertise | the skill of an expert |
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| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| residual | remainder |