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 |
|---|---|
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |