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 |
|---|---|
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |