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 |
|---|---|
| commune | talk over |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |