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 |
|---|---|
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| quisling | traitor |