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 |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |