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 |
|---|---|
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| provident | frugal |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |