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 |
|---|---|
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| sophist | philosopher |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |