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 |
|---|---|
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |