GRE Word List

PRIMP

to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner

The meaning of the word primp is to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner.

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WordMeaning
pendulouspoised without visible support
appeasepacify
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
biennialoccurring every two years
monarchyundivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person
martialof, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior
formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
mutinousdisposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious
atrophydecrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved