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 |
|---|---|
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| giddy | dizzy |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| peerless | matchless |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |