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

WordMeaning
bodeto indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage
conducivetending to promote or assist
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
visionaryhaving or marked by foresight and imagination
lilliputianof, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput
unscathedwholly unharmed : not injured
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true