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 |
|---|---|
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| invalid | not valid: |