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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |