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 |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |