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 |
|---|---|
| delve | excavate |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |