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 |
|---|---|
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |