GRE Word List
FORTUITOUS
occurring by chance
The meaning of the word fortuitous is occurring by chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| malediction | curse |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |