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 |
|---|---|
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |