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 |
|---|---|
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| paramour | lover |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |