GRE Word List
ACCESSORY
an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else
The meaning of the word accessory is an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| debut | a first appearance |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |