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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disfigureto impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
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distraughtagitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction
foddersomething fed to domestic animals