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 |
|---|---|
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| 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 |
| provenance | origin |