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 |
|---|---|
| finished | entirely done |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| nourishment | food |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |