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 |
|---|---|
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| wreak | bring about |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |