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 |
|---|---|
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |