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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| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
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