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 |
|---|---|
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| imprecation | curse |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |