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 |
|---|---|
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| biting | having the power to bite |