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 |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual 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 |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| rotunda | a round building |
| mischance | bad luck |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |