GRE Word List

PROSPEROUS

auspicious

The meaning of the word prosperous is auspicious.

Random words

WordMeaning
repelto drive back : repulse
labyrintha place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed
inanelacking significance, meaning, or point : silly
curban edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
chuckleto laugh inwardly or quietly
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
lanceta sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions
avalanchea large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice