GRE Word List
FORTUITOUS
occurring by chance
The meaning of the word fortuitous is occurring by chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| edifice | building |
| scourge | whip |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |