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 |
|---|---|
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| demented | mad |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
