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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| unsavory | insipid |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| billowing | wave |