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 |
|---|---|
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| declivity | downward inclination |