GRE Word List
PRIMAL
original
The meaning of the word primal is original.
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Word | Meaning |
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attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
auroral | dawn |
rational | having reason or understanding |
reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
unearthly | not earthly: such as |
argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |