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 |
|---|---|
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| residual | remainder |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |