GRE Word List
PRODIGIOUS
causing amazement or wonder
The meaning of the word prodigious is causing amazement or wonder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| abnegation | denial |