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 |
|---|---|
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
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| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |