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 |
|---|---|
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| expiate | to make amends for |