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 |
|---|---|
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |