GRE Word List
FORTUITOUS
occurring by chance
The meaning of the word fortuitous is occurring by chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |