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 |
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| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
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| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| comprise | to be made up of |
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| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |