GRE Word List
INCREMENT
the amount or degree by which something changes
The meaning of the word increment is the amount or degree by which something changes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |