GRE Word List

CUMULATIVE

increasing by successive additions

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

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WordMeaning
offensivemaking attack : aggressive
detrimentalobviously harmful : damaging
perversionthe action of perverting : the condition of being perverted
conventionalformed by agreement or compact
quipa clever usually taunting remark : gibe
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
judiciarya system of courts of law
quoruma select group
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
orificean opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass