GRE Word List
PRIMATE
a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation
The meaning of the word primate is a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |