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 |
|---|---|
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| rightful | just |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| contrive | devise |