GRE Word List
INCEPTION
an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement
The meaning of the word inception is an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| quisling | traitor |