GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |