GRE Word List

PREEMINENT

having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding

The meaning of the word preeminent is having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding.

Random words

WordMeaning
devoutcommitted or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
ambidextroususing both hands with equal ease or dexterity
mirewet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
meteto give out by measure : dole out
absolveto set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt
grudgeto be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully
shootto eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger)
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
epicureanof or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism
humdrummonotonous