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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inhibitto prohibit from doing something
apprehendarrest
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
vipera common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
covetousmarked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions
falsifyto prove or declare false : disprove
pillorya device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)