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 |
|---|---|
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| limp | to walk lamely |