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 |
|---|---|
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| writ | something written : writing |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| polity | political organization |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |