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 |
|---|---|
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |