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 |
|---|---|
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| drivel | nonsense |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |