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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| delve | excavate |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |