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 |
|---|---|
| implode | to burst inward |
| stench | stink |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |