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 |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| replicate | duplicate |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| ramification | branch |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |