GRE Word List
ACCRETION
the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as
The meaning of the word accretion is the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
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| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |