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 |
|---|---|
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| doddering | feeble |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| occident | west |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |