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 |
|---|---|
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| bulk | magnitude |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| circlet | a little circle |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |