GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| replicate | duplicate |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| ploy | escapade |