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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |