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 |
|---|---|
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| score | twenty |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |