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 |
|---|---|
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |