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 |
|---|---|
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| diva | prima donna |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| apprehend | arrest |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |