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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
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| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
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| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
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| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |