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 |
|---|---|
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |