GRE Word List
DECLIVITY
downward inclination
The meaning of the word declivity is downward inclination.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
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| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
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