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increment

nounCommon GRE wordMore I words

a small, gradual increase or addition

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In a sentence

Increment in a sentence

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Salaries rose in small increments rather than in one large jump.

Synonyms
additiongainstepaugmentation
Antonyms
decrementreduction

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Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Increment (noun) means a small, gradual increase or addition
Here is increment used in an example sentence: "Salaries rose in small increments rather than in one large jump."
Common synonyms for increment include addition, gain, step, augmentation.
Antonyms of increment include decrement, reduction.
Increment is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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