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 |
|---|---|
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |