GRE Word List

PRODIGIOUS

causing amazement or wonder

The meaning of the word prodigious is causing amazement or wonder.

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WordMeaning
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
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impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
moresthe fixed morally binding customs of a particular group
obfuscateto throw into shadow : darken
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
acclimateto adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation