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 |
|---|---|
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| microcosm | a little world |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| trample | tramp |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |