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 |
|---|---|
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| hallowed | holy |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |