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 |
|---|---|
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| actuary | clerk |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |