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 |
|---|---|
| gnome | maxim |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |