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 |
|---|---|
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| throes | pang |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| invalid | not valid: |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |