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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| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
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| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |