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 |
|---|---|
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |