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 |
|---|---|
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |