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 |
|---|---|
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |