GRE Word List

MOMENTOUS

having great or lasting importance : consequential

The meaning of the word momentous is having great or lasting importance : consequential.

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correlationthe state or relation of being correlated
parleyto speak with another : confer
mealymouthednot plain and straightforward : devious
irksometending to irk : tedious
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mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
accretionthe process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as
rarefiedbeing less dense
surfeitan overabundant supply : excess