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 |
|---|---|
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |