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 |
|---|---|
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |