GRE Word List
PROMINENT
protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent
The meaning of the word prominent is protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertigo | severe dizziness; giddiness |
| facsimile | copy |
| slaughter | killing of animals for food; massacre; V: butcher (animals) for food; kill in large numbers |
| apposite | appropriate; fitting |
| allegory | story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable |
| swerve | deviate; turn aside sharply from a straight course; Ex. swerve from the principle; Ex. The car swerved to the right. |
| obtrude | push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others; butt in; stick out or extrude; thrust out; Ex. obtrude A on B; ADJ. obtrusive; N. obtrusion; CF. unobtrusive |
| anomalous | abnormal; irregular |
| mincing | affectedly dainty(delicate); V. mince: cut (esp. meat) into very small pieces; walk with exaggerated primness; walk in an unnatural way, taking little short steps; Ex. The actor minced across the stage; CF. mincemeat; CF. mincer |
| dispirited | lacking in spirit |