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 |
|---|---|
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| forte | one's strong point |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| unkempt | not combed |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |