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 |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| finery | ornament |
| chafe | irritate |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| prank | trick |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |