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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mundaneof, relating to, or characteristic of the world
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
paltryinferior
mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
swearto utter or take solemnly (an oath)
paleontologya science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains