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.

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WordMeaning
antiqueexisting since or belonging to earlier times : ancient
defalcatededuct
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence
acknowledgeto recognize the rights, authority, or status of
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
stupefyto make stupid, groggy, or insensible
inclinedhaving inclination, disposition, or tendency
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
corrugatedhaving corrugations