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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brochure | pamphlet |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| concordat | compact |