GRE Word List

CUMULATIVE

increasing by successive additions

The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.

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WordMeaning
impuissanceweakness
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
succulentfull of juice : juicy
cadavera dead body
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
annalsa record of events arranged in yearly sequence
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
substantiateto give substance or form to : embody
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot