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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WordMeaning
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
antiquityancient times
lucrativeproducing wealth : profitable
consanguinitythe quality or state of being consanguineous
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
torsothe human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk
meteoricof or relating to a meteor
paraphernaliathe separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
elasticcapable of recovering size and shape after deformation