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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |