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 |
|---|---|
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |