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 |
|---|---|
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |