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 |
|---|---|
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |