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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |