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 |
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| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |