GRE Word List
INTRINSIC
belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing
The meaning of the word intrinsic is belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| violate | break |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |