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 |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| whimsy | whim |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |