GRE Word List
FORTUITOUS
occurring by chance
The meaning of the word fortuitous is occurring by chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| scotch | scottish |