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 |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |