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 |
|---|---|
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |