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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WordMeaning
continencethe ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily
multiplicitythe quality or state of being multiple or various
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
paroxysma fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion
rejuvenateto make young or youthful again : give new vigor to
dysenterya disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection
onerousinvolving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome
onslaughtan especially fierce attack
panoramicof, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as
rendto remove from place by violence : wrest