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 |
|---|---|
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| facade | the front of a building |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |