GRE Word List
FORTUITOUS
occurring by chance
The meaning of the word fortuitous is occurring by chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |