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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casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
festiveof, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival
plumbera dealer or worker in lead
jadedfatigued by overwork : exhausted
memorializeto address or petition by a memorial
topographythe art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations
illusiona misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion
contraveneto go or act contrary to : violate
dappledmarked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background
atrocitya shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation