GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
growing by addition; accumulative
The meaning of the word cumulative is growing by addition; accumulative.
Random words
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putrid | decayed and foul-smelling; foul; rotten; decayed; N. putridity |
humid | damp; N. humidity |
peripatetic | walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy |
motif | theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure |
perverse | purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; Ex. perverse satisfaction; Ex. Hannibal Lecter in a perverse mood; N. perversity |
coercion | use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce |
noose | loop formed in a rope |
incapacitate | disable; N. incapacity: lack of capacity |
galvanize | stimulate or shock by an electric current; stimulate by shock; shock into action; stir up; coat with rust-resistant zinc by using electricity |
antecede | precede |