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 |
|---|---|
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
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| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |