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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alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
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colossalof, relating to, or resembling a colossus
cognateof the same or similar nature : generically alike
disjunctiona sharp cleavage : disunion
deposeto remove from a throne or other high position
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
mollycoddleto treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur