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.

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WordMeaning
blightedaffected with blight (see blight
penurya cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money)
inconsistencyan instance of being inconsistent
grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
abominableworthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable
concurto express agreement
timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
putativecommonly accepted or supposed