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 |
|---|---|
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |