GRE Word List
FORTUITOUS
occurring by chance
The meaning of the word fortuitous is occurring by chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| privy | private |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |