GRE Word List
INHERENT
involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic
The meaning of the word inherent is involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |