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 |
|---|---|
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| prong | fork |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |