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 |
|---|---|
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |