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 |
|---|---|
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
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| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
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| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
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