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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
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| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| microcosm | a little world |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
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