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 |
|---|---|
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| microcosm | a little world |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |