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 |
|---|---|
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |