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 |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| prattle | prate |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |