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 |
|---|---|
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| baroque | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| encumber | weigh down |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| opulence | wealth |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |