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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |