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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| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
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| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
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| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
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