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.

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WordMeaning
penologya branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders
galvanizeto subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically
divaprima donna
erratichaving no fixed course : wandering
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
apprehendarrest
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
penurya cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money)
deciduousfalling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle