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 |
|---|---|
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| portly | dignified |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |