GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |