GRE Word List
ACCLIVITY
an ascending slope (as of a hill)
The meaning of the word acclivity is an ascending slope (as of a hill).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| billowing | wave |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |