GRE Word List
EMINENT
exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent
The meaning of the word eminent is exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| microcosm | a little world |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |