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 |
|---|---|
| savant | a person of learning |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |