GRE Word List

PROTRUDE

to jut out from the surrounding surface or context

The meaning of the word protrude is to jut out from the surrounding surface or context.

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embroiderto ornament with needlework
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farcestuff
interiman intervening time : interval
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume