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 |
|---|---|
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |