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 |
|---|---|
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |