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
erratichaving no fixed course : wandering
noveltysomething new or unusual
egregiousconspicuous
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
inhibitedto prohibit from doing something
loga usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree
jetsamthe part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore
idylla simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment
pulsateto throb or move rhythmically : vibrate