GRE Word List
FORTUITOUS
occurring by chance
The meaning of the word fortuitous is occurring by chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |