GRE Word List
RUDIMENTARY
consisting in first principles : fundamental
The meaning of the word rudimentary is consisting in first principles : fundamental.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| concordat | compact |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| plane | airplane |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |