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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| intermediary | mediator |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |