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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |