GRE Word List
FORTUITOUS
occurring by chance
The meaning of the word fortuitous is occurring by chance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |