GRE Word List

ADJUNCT

something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it

The meaning of the word adjunct is something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it.

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WordMeaning
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
lagone that lags or is last
deployto extend (a military unit) especially in width
hatcha small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship)
nebulousof, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular
discounta reduction made from the gross (see gross
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
doggedmarked by stubborn determination
industriousconstantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent