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 |
|---|---|
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| rickety | affected with rickets |