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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WordMeaning
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
maimto mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously
gainsayto declare to be untrue or invalid
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
lotterya drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance
interiman intervening time : interval
compriseto be made up of
theocracygovernment of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
tonsurethe Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head