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 |
|---|---|
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |