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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |