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 |
|---|---|
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| foppish | foolish |
| implode | to burst inward |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| debonair | suave |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |