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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|---|---|
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| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
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| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
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| occident | west |
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