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 |
|---|---|
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| replicate | duplicate |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |