GRE Word List
AUGMENT
to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
The meaning of the word augment is to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipitous | precipitate |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |