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 |
|---|---|
| momentum | a property (see property |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| demur | to take exception : object |