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 |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |