GRE Word List
PRODIGIOUS
causing amazement or wonder
The meaning of the word prodigious is causing amazement or wonder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| verge | brink |