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 |
|---|---|
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |