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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|---|---|
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| brink | edge |
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| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
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| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
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