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 |
|---|---|
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |