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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |