GRE Word List
INCIDENCE
rate of occurrence or influence
The meaning of the word incidence is rate of occurrence or influence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |