GRE Word List
FORTUITOUS
occurring by chance
The meaning of the word fortuitous is occurring by chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| haven | harbor |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |