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
premonitorygiving warning
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utopiaa place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions
psychosomaticof, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body
paritythe quality or state of being equal or equivalent
satyra sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
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