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 |
|---|---|
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |