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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implication | something implied: such as |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| sophist | philosopher |