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 |
|---|---|
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| wry | twist |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |