Today’s word is outstanding, so is the photo I added to go with it.
Salient [sey-lee-uhnt, seyl-yuhnt] (adj.):
1. prominent or conspicuous
2. projecting or pointing upward
3. leaping or jumping
Example:
His salient performance on his exams earned him a scholarship to an ivy league university.
Words of Margaux 
I must use this word more often… thank you.
My granddaughter just got accepted to the University of Washington on a full scholarship… I guess her work in high school was salient.
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I must say you are rather clever – as your blog always reveals. Fine post.
Thank you 🙂 🙂
What a striking image! When it popped up in my reader it really hit me. Love the work also!
It is a fine photo, isn’t it? 🙂
I have known this word for long, but this question just hit me. We can use salient for features, right, but is it appropriate for personalities? As in, he had a salient personality for a high school kid.
To me, it really doesn’t sound right, hence I asked. I do hope it is not bothersome. 🙂
I guess it depends on the context. It’s not uncommon to attribute human characters to nonhuman creatures or things. I think the other way around works too. 🙂
Ahan, thanks. 🙂
Always have loved this word. Not too many opportunities to use it in conversation without seeming pretentious. Maybe I just need to mingle with a better class of people. 😉
You can use it in your writing 🙂
Thank you Margaret. I do try to make use of words I find beautiful. The problem is working them into a rhyme, or just any poem unrhymed, free verse, sometimes. 🙂