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

WordMeaning
connotationsomething suggested by a word or thing : implication
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
foppishfoolish
slywise in practical affairs
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
propulsivetending or having power to propel
maladroitlacking adroitness : inept
approbationcommendation
haggardnot tamed
navigabledeep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships