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 |
|---|---|
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| acuity | keenness of perception |