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 |
|---|---|
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| billow | wave |