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.
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| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
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| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |