GRE Word List
SALIENT
moving by leaps or springs : jumping
The meaning of the word salient is moving by leaps or springs : jumping.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| bookish | of or relating to books |