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 |
|---|---|
| paradigm | example |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| flounder | flatfish |