GRE Word List
PRESTIGE
respect or admiration; impression produced by achievements or reputation; ADJ: causing admiration; ADJ. prestigious: having prestige
The meaning of the word prestige is respect or admiration; impression produced by achievements or reputation; ADJ: causing admiration; ADJ. prestigious: having prestige.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| illusive | deceiving; based on illusion; causing illusion; deceptive |
| regent | a person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill, absent, or still a child; ADJ. Ex. the Prince regent |
| circumspect | prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought |
| knotty | intricate; difficult; tangled; CF. knot |
| corporeal | bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible |
| blue | gloomy; depressed |
| alliteration | repetition of beginning sound in poetry |
| prurient | having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire |
| condign | adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved |
| gamely | in a spirited manner; with courage; Ex. fight gamely against a superior boxer; ADJ. game |
