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 |
|---|---|
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| appease | pacify |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ยน/โโ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |