| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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salient
1) standing out from the rest, prominent; 2) projecting outward; 3) leaping, jumping
Among the salient features of Twain’s Huck Finn is the use of dialect.
Related English words: salience, saliency (salience)
Latin root word: salio, salire, salui, saltus - to leap, jump
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