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 |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| blackball | to vote against |
| reverie | daydream |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| reverberate | reflect |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |