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 |
|---|---|
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |