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 |
|---|---|
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| 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 |
| passe | past one's prime |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |