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 |
|---|---|
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |