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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dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
enmitypositive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
proponentone who argues in favor of something : advocate
assertto state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively
scadany of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus)
touchingcapable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation