saillant

Meaning

salient, striking, prominent

Example

The most salient fact in the report concerns the continuing fall in staff numbers.

Word forms

More words at level C1

• sillage wake, aftermath (in the wake of)
• sonder to sound out, probe, poll
• spécieux specious, plausible but false
• supplanter to supplant, displace, oust
• susciter to arouse, provoke, spark
• tacite tacit, unspoken, implicit
• tangible tangible, concrete, palpable
• tempérer to temper, moderate, tone down

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