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 |
|---|---|
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |