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 |
|---|---|
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |