GRE Word List
PRODIGIOUS
causing amazement or wonder
The meaning of the word prodigious is causing amazement or wonder.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| egregious | conspicuous |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| 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 |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| lugubrious | mournful |