GRE Word List
PRODIGIOUS
causing amazement or wonder
The meaning of the word prodigious is causing amazement or wonder.
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|---|---|
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| rotunda | a round building |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
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