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 |
|---|---|
| vendetta | blood feud |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |