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
connubialof or relating to the married state : conjugal
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
gratifyto be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
germanebeing at once relevant and appropriate : fitting
mangleto injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing
infidelone who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity
distantseparated in space : away
subsistencereal being : existence
promiscuoushaving or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners