GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
growing by addition; accumulative
The meaning of the word cumulative is growing by addition; accumulative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| putrid | decayed and foul-smelling; foul; rotten; decayed; N. putridity |
| humid | damp; N. humidity |
| peripatetic | walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy |
| motif | theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure |
| perverse | purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; Ex. perverse satisfaction; Ex. Hannibal Lecter in a perverse mood; N. perversity |
| coercion | use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce |
| noose | loop formed in a rope |
| incapacitate | disable; N. incapacity: lack of capacity |
| galvanize | stimulate or shock by an electric current; stimulate by shock; shock into action; stir up; coat with rust-resistant zinc by using electricity |
| antecede | precede |
