GRE Word List

CUMULATIVE

increasing by successive additions

The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.

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WordMeaning
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
incumbentthe holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
defrayto provide for the payment of : pay
sledgesledgehammer
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal
trystan agreement (as between lovers) to meet
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
effectuateto cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect
monochromatichaving or consisting of one color or hue