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 |
|---|---|
| cohorts | companion |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| arid | excessively dry |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |