GRE Word List
FORTUITOUS
occurring by chance
The meaning of the word fortuitous is occurring by chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invalid | not valid: |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |