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 |
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| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| enhance | heighten |
| billow | wave |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ยน/โโ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| scourge | whip |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |