GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |