GRE Word List
INCIDENTAL
being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence
The meaning of the word incidental is being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |