GRE Word List
PROSPER
to succeed in an enterprise or activity
The meaning of the word prosper is to succeed in an enterprise or activity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |