GRE Word List
PRODIGIOUS
causing amazement or wonder
The meaning of the word prodigious is causing amazement or wonder.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| fluke | flatfish |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| calorific | caloric |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| lampoon | satire |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |