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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WordMeaning
exegesisexposition
responsivenessgiving response : constituting a response : answering
distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence
glowerto look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger
rabidextremely violent : furious
idiosyncrasya peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality
fraughtfull of or accompanied by something specified
monumentalserving as or resembling a monument : massive
prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick