GRE Word List
FORTUITOUS
occurring by chance
The meaning of the word fortuitous is occurring by chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |