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.
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| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| fester | to generate pus |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
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