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 |
|---|---|
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| bulk | magnitude |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| exegesis | exposition |