GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| warrant | sanction |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |