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 |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |