GRE Word List

MOMENTOUS

having great or lasting importance : consequential

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

Random words

WordMeaning
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
lugubriousmournful
triviaunimportant matters : trivial facts or details
rivetinghaving the power to fix the attention : engrossing
primaryfirst in order of time or development : primitive
erodeto diminish or destroy by degrees:
vendettablood feud
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
inimitablenot capable of being imitated : matchless