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 |
|---|---|
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| drivel | nonsense |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |