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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |