GRE Word List
DECLIVITY
downward inclination
The meaning of the word declivity is downward inclination.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| minuscule | very small |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |