GRE Word List
PRODIGIOUS
causing amazement or wonder
The meaning of the word prodigious is causing amazement or wonder.
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| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
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| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
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| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| ossify | to change into bone |