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 |
|---|---|
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |