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 |
|---|---|
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| recast | to cast again |
| homeostasis | a 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 |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| rift | fissure |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |