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 |
|---|---|
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| unfrock | defrock |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |