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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diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
conflagration | fire |
earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
fortuitous | occurring by chance |
esteem | the regard in which one is held |
wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |