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 |
|---|---|
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |