GRE Word List
PRIMARY
first in order of time or development : primitive
The meaning of the word primary is first in order of time or development : primitive.
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Word | Meaning |
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skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
convoluted | having convolutions |
litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
meander | a winding path or course |
disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |