GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |