GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |