GRE Word List
PRISTINE
belonging to the earliest period or state : original
The meaning of the word pristine is belonging to the earliest period or state : original.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| warrant | sanction |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |