GRE Word List
PRODIGY
highly gifted child; person with exceptional talents; marvel; wonder
The meaning of the word prodigy is highly gifted child; person with exceptional talents; marvel; wonder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foul | very bad or disagreeable; very dirty; Ex. foul smell/flavor/temper/language/air/deed/weather/means; N. act against the rules; V. make or become foul; commit a foul |
| stupefy | stun; make numb (as with a drug); amaze |
| condign | adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved |
| variegated | (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored |
| vitriolic | causing sharp pain to the mind; caustic; corrosive; sarcastic; of vitriol; N. vitriol: sulphuric acid (which burns flesh deeply); bitterly abusive expression; caustic expression; CF. glass |
| inundate | flood; overflow; submerge; cover completely; Ex. inundated with work |
| exorcise | drive out evil spirits |
| herbivorous | grain-eating; CF. herbivore |
| filing | particle removed by a file |
| institutionalize | make into an institution; put or confine in an institution |
