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 |
|---|---|
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| postulate | demand |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |