GRE Word List

CUMULATIVE

increasing by successive additions

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

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WordMeaning
swaggerto conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
accommodateto provide with something desired, needed, or suited
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
attributea quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something
passiveacted upon by an external agency
dissembleto hide under a false appearance
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
slipshodwearing loose shoes or slippers
thermalof, relating to, or caused by heat
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed