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 |
|---|---|
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| circlet | a little circle |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| headlong | headfirst |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
