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 |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| retrench | cut down |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |