GRE Word List
PRODIGIOUS
causing amazement or wonder
The meaning of the word prodigious is causing amazement or wonder.
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| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
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| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
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| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
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