GRE Word List
INCIDENT
an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening
The meaning of the word incident is an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |