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 |
|---|---|
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |