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 |
|---|---|
| spate | freshet |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |