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 |
|---|---|
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |