GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |