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 |
|---|---|
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |