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 |
|---|---|
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |