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 |
|---|---|
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |