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 |
|---|---|
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |