GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |