GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |