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 |
|---|---|
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |