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 |
|---|---|
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |