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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| billow | wave |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |