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 |
|---|---|
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |