GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| exegesis | exposition |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |