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 |
|---|---|
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |