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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| forlorn | bereft |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |