GRE Word List

INNOVATION

a new idea, method, or device : novelty

The meaning of the word innovation is a new idea, method, or device : novelty.

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rancidhaving an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
reprobatean unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel
acclivityan ascending slope (as of a hill)
rallyto muster for a common purpose
loquaciousfull of excessive talk : wordy
historichistorical
stratuma bed or layer artificially made
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
retiringreserved