GRE Word List
PROTRUDE
stick out; jut; project; Ex. protruding teeth
The meaning of the word protrude is stick out; jut; project; Ex. protruding teeth.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| luster | shine; gloss (of a polished surface) |
| vicar | parish priest; representative |
| wrench | twist; pull; strain; Ex. He wrenched the gun out of her hands. |
| evoke | call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That old film evoked memories of my childhood; N. evocation |
| stigma | token of disgrace; brand; V. stigmatize: mark with a stigma; characterize as disgraceful |
| engaging | charming; attractive |
| effrontery | rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek |
| conduit | aqueduct; passageway for fluids |
| seedy | run-down; decrepit; disreputable; having many seeds; Ex. seedy downtown hotel |
| idyll | short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers |
