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 |
|---|---|
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| slake | subside |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| appease | pacify |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| dys- | abnormal |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |