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 |
|---|---|
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| hortatory | hortative |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| spate | freshet |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |