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 |
|---|---|
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| growl | rumble |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| billowing | wave |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |