GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| urchin | hedgehog |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |