GRE Word List

PROMONTORY

a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water

The meaning of the word promontory is a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water.

Random words

WordMeaning
corroborateto support with evidence or authority : make more certain
celestialof, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity
pushyaggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward
polyglotone who is polyglot
omnipotentalmighty
excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
secta dissenting or schismatic religious body
franticemotionally out of control
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype