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 |
|---|---|
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| antecede | precede |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| fester | to generate pus |