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 |
|---|---|
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |