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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quicksilver | mercury |
dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
alchemy | a 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 |
wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |