GRE Word List
PIECEMEAL
one piece at a time : gradually
The meaning of the word piecemeal is one piece at a time : gradually.
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facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |