GRE Word List
ACCRUE
to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
The meaning of the word accrue is to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |