GRE Word List
RUDIMENTARY
consisting in first principles : fundamental
The meaning of the word rudimentary is consisting in first principles : fundamental.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| portly | dignified |
| savant | a person of learning |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |