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 |
|---|---|
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| debonair | suave |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |