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 |
|---|---|
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| irate | roused to ire |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| fuddle | booze |