GRE Word List
PIECEMEAL
one piece at a time : gradually
The meaning of the word piecemeal is one piece at a time : gradually.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |