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 |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |