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 |
|---|---|
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |