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 |
|---|---|
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| countenance | look |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |