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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WordMeaning
sordidmarked by baseness or grossness : vile
detrimentalobviously harmful : damaging
sleightdeceitful craftiness
tempestuousof, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
corollarya proposition (see proposition
animadversiona critical and usually censorious remark
librettothe text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater
betrothto promise to marry
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds