GRE Word List
PRIMAL
first in rank or importance; being first in time; original; Ex. man's primal innocence
The meaning of the word primal is first in rank or importance; being first in time; original; Ex. man's primal innocence.
Random words
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amenable | obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensible suggestions; Ex. He is very amenable; Ex. amenable to the usual tests |
anthropoid | manlike; resembling a human being; N. |
resuscitate | revive; bring back to life or consciousness; Ex. resuscitate the drowned child |
writhe | twist in coils; contort in pain |
replete | fully filled; filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied; Ex. report replete with errors |
efficacy | power to produce desired effect; ADJ. efficacious: effectual |
amalgamate | (of societies or groups) combine; unite in one body |
despise | look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible |
amiss | wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV. |
partial | incomplete; favoring one side over another; having a liking for something |