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 |
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browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
itinerant | traveling from place to place |
epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
quizzical | comically quaint |
warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
affected | artificial; pretended |
thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |