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 |
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| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |