GRE Word List
PRODIGIOUS
causing amazement or wonder
The meaning of the word prodigious is causing amazement or wonder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |