Vocabulary Word
Word: prude
Definition: excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things, esp. of a sexual nature); N. prudery; ADJ. prudish: excessively concerned with propriety
Definition: excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things, esp. of a sexual nature); N. prudery; ADJ. prudish: excessively concerned with propriety
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::: swindler - cheater
::: decimate - kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man); destroy or kill a large part of
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::: debutante - young woman making formal entrance into society
::: crinkle - wrinkle
::: enmity - ill will; hatred; hostility
::: acquiesce - assent; agree passively; comply without protest
