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).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |