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 |
|---|---|
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| appease | pacify |