GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
