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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| savant | a person of learning |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |