GRE Word List

TANGENTIAL

touching lightly : incidental

The meaning of the word tangential is touching lightly : incidental.

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genesisthe origin or coming into being of something
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impelto urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force
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herbivorousfeeding on plants
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