GRE Word List
PRIM
to give a prim or demure expression to
The meaning of the word prim is to give a prim or demure expression to.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| scourge | whip |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |