GRE Word List

HEYDAY

the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity

The meaning of the word heyday is the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity.

Random words

WordMeaning
pryto look closely or inquisitively
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
pecuniaryconsisting of or measured in money
adeptthoroughly proficient : expert
monolithicof, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge
prodigiouscausing amazement or wonder
cornicethe molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
chasethe hunting of wild animals
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism