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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |