GRE Word List
SALIENT
moving by leaps or springs : jumping
The meaning of the word salient is moving by leaps or springs : jumping.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |