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 |
|---|---|
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| mendicant | beggar |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |