GRE Word List
INSIDIOUS
having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle
The meaning of the word insidious is having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |