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 |
|---|---|
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| boor | peasant |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |