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 |
|---|---|
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |