GRE Word List
INCIDENT
event; event that causes a crisis
The meaning of the word incident is event; event that causes a crisis.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| funereal | sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral |
| unruly | disobedient; lawless; difficult to control |
| cessation | stoppage |
| repercussion | rebound; reaction; reverberation; Ex. serious repercussion |
| garnish | decorate; add a garnish to; decorate (food or drink) with small items such as lemon slices; N. |
| stifle | suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate |
| exact | demand and obtain by force; Ex. exact a promise from him; N. exaction |
| primogeniture | seniority by birth; state of being the first-born child; right of the eldest child (to inherit the entire property of one or both parents) |
| conscript | draftee; person forced into military service; V. |
| optimist | person who looks on the bright side; N. optimism |
