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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| grate | grating |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |