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 |
|---|---|
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| cipher | zero |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| poise | balance |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |