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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WordMeaning
graduateto receive an academic degree or diploma
relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
badgerany of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect
solicitousmanifesting or expressing solicitude
equilibriuma state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise
fatuouscomplacently or inanely foolish : silly
eccentricitythe quality or state of being eccentric
illimitableincapable of being limited or bounded : measureless
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity