GRE Word List
FORTUITOUS
occurring by chance
The meaning of the word fortuitous is occurring by chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| wanton | merciless |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |