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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| savor | the taste or smell of something |
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| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
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| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |