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 |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |