GRE Word List
PRESTIGE
standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion
The meaning of the word prestige is standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| resign | relegate |