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 |
|---|---|
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |