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.

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WordMeaning
drasticacting rapidly or violently
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
prehensileadapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
elaborationplanned or carried out with great care
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
evanescenttending to vanish like vapor
genuflectto bend the knee
demeanto lower in character, status, or reputation
elaborateplanned or carried out with great care