GRE Word List
CUMULATIVE
increasing by successive additions
The meaning of the word cumulative is increasing by successive additions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hallowed | holy |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |