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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convene | to come together in a body |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| redress | to set right : remedy |