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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
primer
/ˈpɹaɪ.mə(ɹ)/
noun1 of 2
a book that covers the basics of a subject; a kind of paint
adjective2 of 2
First in time, initial, early.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0)