GRE Word List

CUMULATIVE

increasing by successive additions

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

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WordMeaning
talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey
sanctiona formal decree
waftto move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium
unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable
imperativenot to be avoided or evaded : necessary
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
presumeto undertake without leave or clear justification : dare
correlationthe state or relation of being correlated
inveigleto win over by wiles : entice