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 |
|---|---|
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| poise | balance |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| gnome | maxim |