GRE vocabulary
Accrement
Gradual increase, enlargement, or buildup over time.
Example
"Centuries of coastal tides caused a steady accrement of silt along the delta."
Etymology
From Latin 'augmentum' via Late Latin 'aggrandizement' / 'accrementum', akin to 'accrescere' ('to grow to').
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