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 |
|---|---|
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| osseous | bony |
| paramour | lover |