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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |