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 |
|---|---|
| unkempt | not combed |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| din | a loud continued noise |
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| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
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| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| pending | during |