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 |
|---|---|
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |