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 |
|---|---|
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |