GRE Word List
PRIME
the second of the canonical hours
The meaning of the word prime is the second of the canonical hours.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |