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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WordMeaning
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
earthlycharacteristic of or belonging to this earth
awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
blithelacking due thought or consideration : casual
prunea plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
overblownpast the prime of bloom
inopportuneinconvenient
inanelacking significance, meaning, or point : silly
expatiateto move about freely or at will : wander