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 |
|---|---|
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |