GRE Word List
PRODIGY
a highly talented child or youth
The meaning of the word prodigy is a highly talented child or youth.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| skimp | skimpy |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |