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 |
|---|---|
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |