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 |
|---|---|
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| concordat | compact |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| trenchant | keen |