GRE Word List
PRURIENT
marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire
The meaning of the word prurient is marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire.
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| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| impenitent | not penitent |