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 |
|---|---|
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| wreak | bring about |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |