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 |
|---|---|
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |