GRE Word List
PROSPEROUS
auspicious
The meaning of the word prosperous is auspicious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| brochure | pamphlet |