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 |
|---|---|
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| flighty | swift |