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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |