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 |
|---|---|
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |