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 |
|---|---|
| deify | to make a god of |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |