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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |