GRE Word List
PRODIGIOUS
causing amazement or wonder
The meaning of the word prodigious is causing amazement or wonder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| amity | friendship |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |