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 |
|---|---|
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |