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 |
|---|---|
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| dint | force |