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 |
|---|---|
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| entity | being |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |