GRE Word List
SERENDIPITY
the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
The meaning of the word serendipity is the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
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artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
seedy | containing or full of seeds |
mandate | an authoritative command |
novelty | something new or unusual |