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 |
|---|---|
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| hortatory | hortative |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| plethora | an ample amount or number : abundance |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |