GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |