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 |
|---|---|
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| braid | to make from braids |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| grudging | unwilling |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |