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 |
|---|---|
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| colloquy | conversation |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |