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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WordMeaning
whetto sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone)
piquantengagingly provocative
serebeing dried and withered
flauntto display or obtrude oneself to public notice
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
capacitylegal competency (see competence
forfeitsomething forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
hybridan offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera
impelto urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force