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 |
|---|---|
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| nomenclature | name |
| ensconce | shelter |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| slake | subside |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |