GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |