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
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
permissivegranted on sufferance : tolerated
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details
checkeredmarked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials
sacrosanctmost sacred or holy : inviolable
dissuadeto advise (a person) against something
snickerto laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter
animatedendowed with life or the qualities of life : alive