GRE Word List
PRIME
the second of the canonical hours
The meaning of the word prime is the second of the canonical hours.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| blackball | to vote against |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |