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 |
|---|---|
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |