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 |
|---|---|
| alleviate | relieve |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |