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prude

nounCommon GRE wordMore P words

a person who is excessively proper or easily shocked, especially about sex

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Prude in a sentence

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She was no prude, but the film's crassness still made her wince.

Synonyms
puritanprigmoralist
Antonyms

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Prude (noun) means a person who is excessively proper or easily shocked, especially about sex
Here is prude used in an example sentence: "She was no prude, but the film's crassness still made her wince."
Common synonyms for prude include puritan, prig, moralist.
Prude is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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