resilient
able to recover or spring back
Roots
- re-: back, again, or backward motion
- sal / sult: leap, jump, spring, or spring back
Other words with the sal / sult root
- assail: to attack forcefully or criticize harshly
- desultory: lacking a clear plan or order; jumping from thing to thing
- salient: most noticeable, important, or projecting
- somersault: a jump or roll in which the body turns over
Resilient keeps the leap-back image: pressure hits, then the thing springs back.
The resilient team adjusted after the failed launch and kept working.