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 |
|---|---|
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |