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 |
|---|---|
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| clip | encompass |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| billowing | wave |