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 |
|---|---|
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |