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 |
|---|---|
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |