GRE Word List

INCIDENCE

rate of occurrence or influence

The meaning of the word incidence is rate of occurrence or influence.

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assiduousshowing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
bombastpretentious inflated speech or writing
perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
allegorythe expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence
creepto move along with the body prone and close to the ground
lecheryinordinate (see inordinate
asteroidany of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
cohabitto live together as or as if a married couple
arch-a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening)