GRE Word List
PRURIENT
having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire
The meaning of the word prurient is having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsidiary | serving to assist; subordinate; secondary; of a subsidy; N. |
| implicate | incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime |
| court | attempt to gain; seek; woo; risk; behave so as to invite; attempt to gain the favor of by attention; Ex. court disaster |
| acerbity | bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in taste, manner, or tone) |
| sentimental | swayed by sentiment; appealing to the sentiments |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy; Ex. tawdry jewelry |
| equipoise | balance; balancing force; equilibrium |
| atypical | not normal; not typical |
| cadet | student at a military school |
| interpolate | insert between |