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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| mischance | bad luck |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |