GRE Word List
INCIPIENT
beginning to come into being or to become apparent
The meaning of the word incipient is beginning to come into being or to become apparent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| inanimate | not animate: |
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| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |