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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| dally | to act playfully |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |