GRE Word List
PROMINENT
standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant
The meaning of the word prominent is standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alleviate | relieve |
| onus | burden |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |